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A daunting book - 540 pages of text, two appendices, a huge index, bibliography and a review of post punk/post punk bands with the author's recommendation on what should be listened to.

In reality, it took me only a week to plough through and it was never a chore. It covers the history of punk, a detailed biography of the sex pistols and an overview of UK politics and culture in the late 70s.

You could say its the definitive guide. Jon Savage was there - in some photos, and the text is interspersed with his own diary extracts. You can tell the amount of research he has completed before you get to the bibliography at the end.

I would imaging this was used for the screenplay of Pistol, the disney tv series. Everything in the show is found in this book - including the emphasis on Steve Jones stealing kit from Bowies gig at the Hammersmith Odeon.

The sort of book that you need to take notes yourself, as there are frequent pointers to other films/books/tv appearances/musicians that you have probably forgotten in the 45 years that have passed since. Who would have though the Richard Allen books would be fetching so much on ebay. Never actually read any, but I remember flicking through them on book carousels outside newsagents